Assume for this assignment that you are being highly considered for a director-level HR management position for a best-in-class national retailer. You are in the final phase of the interview process and must respond to the interview panel regarding specific questions and scenarios that will help them determine if you are a good fit for the new role. The companys culture is centered on the effective development of strategy, plans, and selection criteria aimed at building and sustaining a competitive and profitable organization. It will be extremely important that you respond with a strategic mindset in order to convince the organization you are able to help them ensure the execution of the business strategy. 

Write a six to seven (6-7) page paper in which you: 

• Analyze different types of strategies (cost leadership, differentiation, and focus/niche) and select which one you would deem more appropriate for an efficiency-minded retail organization and explain your rationale. How would the selected strategy ultimately affect how HR does its job? 
• Examine the four (4) approaches to job design/redesign and provide an example (not a definition) of each. Then, make a case to the interviewing panel on the importance of effective job design applications in supporting the overall strategic goals of the organization. 
• Consider challenges and constraints associated with recruiting workers and identify and discuss at least two (2) issues. What advice would you give to ease your selected issues? Be specific. 
• List and describe 23 candidate selection process ideas that might add value and overall effectiveness to the process. HINT: . Also, what problems should HR and management teams avoid during the selection process? 
• Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements: 
  1. Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. 
  2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment (with running head), the students name, the professors name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length. 
  3. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length. Use the Strayer University Library at https://research.strayer.edu to locate additional sources to support your work. 

This assignment has 4 parts.

1. Review the Terminal Course Objectives, accessed by clicking on the Course Information tab at the top of your screen, scrolling down to the Course Objectives and then selecting View class objectives. How will accomplishing these objectives support your success in management? What risks or challenges might a manager encounter if they have not mastered these objectives? Explain.
2. What is the importance of current data in a SWOT analysis?
3. How do you identify the SWOT factors in a fictitious firm?
4. Which SWOT Factors must be specific to the firm and which can be Generic? Why?

 

Organizations typically offer many different types of learning activities designed to appeal to the wide variety of employees who may have a preferred style of learning. Reflecting on your experience with an organization in which you have worked, describe how you were trained to perform the function you perform currently or in a previous role. Indicate what you believe to be effective training strategies and those that did not help you learn your role well. Make suggestions about how improvements could be added to future training for employees in the same situation.

Write a 23-page paper in which you do the following:

1. Describe a training event in which you were a participant.
2. Point out the less effective parts of the training.
3. Describe the effective parts of the training.
4. Identify at least one different activity you would have included in the training event and how it would improve the effectiveness of the event.
5. Use at least two quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with 1-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the students name, the professors name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.    

Your firm will expand internationally this year and will include in its management team those from the cultures and regions into which it expands. You must prepare the management team to adapt and change the American management training to fit those of other cultures. Put together a slide presentation for the management team, explaining the impact that local cultures of attendees (Chinese and Argentinean culture) will have on their acceptance and adaptation of the managerial training concepts. Include in your presentation areas such as autocratic versus participatory style of leadership, delegation, acceptance gained as the leader, motivation of employees, employee rewards, and role of the leader.

Remember that a slide presentation must include the presenters name on the first slide, and the reference section on the last slide. The slide must include a few bullet points, and the notes detail each point mentioned in the slide. In text referencing should be in the notes.

For more information on creating PowerPoint Presentations, please visit the PowerPoint Lab.

Flexible Benefits Programs

Many organizations, both public and private, use flexible benefits programs to help attract and retain a motivated and high-performing workforce.  

• Using this lead-in as a backdrop, conduct online research and choose an organization, public or private, that has gained popularity because of their flexible benefits program or lack thereof.  

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

• Write between 750 1,250 words (approximately 3 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1 margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.
• At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least three references from outside the course material
• Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.  

 

reply to the students’ response and not the question  in 150 words minimum and provide 1 reference. Respond to the students response as though you are talking to them, use name 

question-post portforlio and why you choose your postion and work

student response

 

I chose the company Nike which is in the retail industry. Nike is known to sell shoes, clothes, gear, and more. Their main focus is on the athletic industry. The position I decided to choose was the product manager. The product manager is responsible for knowing every little spec about each product. They are also responsible for focusing in on the little details of products and features. They are the ones that drive what features will be available in the future. The production manager is responsible for working with customers as well in regards to taking care of any problem products. They must also collect data and use that within their team. The link provided below includes all of the responsibilities of this specific position. For this position you must have more than just a high school diploma and associates. You must also have lots of experience within the industry. 

I am interested in this position because I always wanted to work for Nike because I purchase a lot from them. I have cousins that have worked for Nike and they enjoy it a lot. I actually applied for a part time position and was hired. I attended orientation and then was accepted in a university that was in a different city, so I had to move. However, during the orientation I was able to meet the product manager and hear a lot of the cool things that he gets to do. For instance, he gets to include his input in the making of new products. For example, when I was in orientation years ago, the product manager showed us a product that was being worked on for a future release. This product was a shoe that qould automatically lace up when you put your foot inside.

To prepare: View this week’s media, Parker (Episode 30).

Think of the many names and labels you may have heard to describe persons with disabilities and those that are currently socially acceptable. The changing monikers given to those with disabilities are evidence of the continual negotiation of the society who labels and those who are so labeled to define what disability is and who is disabled. What do these shifting labels suggest about the social construction of disability?

Society is inconsistent in its treatment and protection of the rights of individuals with disabilities, creating a situation that contributes to marginalization that can complicate other forms of marginalization and oppression. Consider that being labeled with a disability can be simultaneously something to be fought against because of the stigma it entails and fought for because of the access that it grants to social services that meet basic medical needs, aid economic survival, and improve access to education that society can otherwise deny.

Post an analysis of the implications of the social construction of disability. Describe how disability can be defined as a social construct. Explain how that relates to the perception of disability. Be specific and draw on examples from the Parker case to illustrate your thoughts. Also, describe the intersection of Stephanie’s mental illness with other characteristics of her identity. Explain how those intersections could serve to further marginalize Stephanie’s place and experiences in society. Finally, explain how such marginalization impacts her ability to make choices, use self-determination, and be an active agent with equitable status in her interactions with other professionals.

Using the organization from Topic 3, prepare a cultural analysis to support you in strategizing the implementation of innovative thinking. In 500 words, answer the following questions:

1. What type of role does culture play currently within the organization?
2. What current cultural components enable innovation to successfully occur?
3. What cultural components require redesigning prior to innovation successfully occurring?
4. What strategies would you propose to the organization to strengthen the innovation culture?
5. How will you effectively communicate this innovative structure to employees?
6. How will you continue to build capacity for innovative thinking?

organization chosen COCA COLA

For this assignment, you will read an article that discusses healthcare management competencies, and you will then apply what you have learned by creating your own set of interview questions. To begin, read the following article: 

Kronenburg , M. A. (2014). Evaluating important healthcare management competency areas and preparation for healthcare reforms. International Journal of Business and Public Administration, 11(1), 31. 

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 After reading the article, summarize the purpose of the study, and then answer the questions below. How would you summarize the current state of the industry for healthcare professionals? What challenges does HR in health care face today? How can these challenges be overcome? What are the competency domains? Do you agree with the survey results? Why, or why not? Summarize the importance of measurement and analytics in HR management. Use the guidelines below to prepare your article critique. Summarize the article. Identify the main topic or question. Identify the intended audience. Respond to the questions above. Your article critique must be at least two pages in length. Think critically about the article and how it applies to the course when answering the questions. Organize the material logically by using smooth transitions and by grouping similar material together. Format your article critique using APA style. Use your own words, and avoid plagiarism. At least one source other than the article must be used. All sources used must be referenced; any paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations in APA style.